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Built by Animals

Built by Animals

Author: Mike Hansell
Description: The natural history of animal architecture
Reviewed By: Spinney
Your Inner Fish

Your Inner Fish

Author: Neil Shubin
Description: A look at the discovery of Tiktaalik, and how we are related to it and to fish.
Reviewed By: Spinney
Bad Science

Bad Science

Author: Ben Goldacre
Description: A crusade against ignorance and irrationality masquerading as science
Reviewed By: Tam
The Goldilocks Enigma

The Goldilocks Enigma

Author: Paul Davies
Description: Why is the universe just right for life?
Reviewed By: Spinney
Wrinkles In Time

Wrinkles In Time

Author: George Smoot
Description: Nobel Prize winner George Smoot's compelling account of his work leading up to COBE, which was the first probe to produce maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background.
Reviewed By: Andy
Mauve

Mauve

Author: Simon Garfield
Description: The story of William Perkin, the inventor of synthetic dyes.
Reviewed By: Spinney
What Evolution Is

What Evolution Is

Author: Erns Mayr
Description: All about evolution and how we understand it today
Reviewed By: Spinney
Science Firsts

Science Firsts

Author: Robert E Adler
Description: 35 landmarks in the development of our current scientific knowledge.
Reviewed By: Spinney
The Secret Life of Trees

The Secret Life of Trees

Author: Colin Tudge
Description: All about trees, how they live and why they matter
Reviewed By: Spinney
The Mad Science Book

The Mad Science Book

Author: Reto U Schneider
Description: 100 amazing experiments from the history of science
Reviewed By: Spinney
The Emerald Planet

The Emerald Planet

Author: David Beerling
Description: How plants changed Earth's history
Reviewed By: Spinney
A Crack In The Edge of the World

A Crack In The Edge of the World

Author: Simon Winchester
Description: The Great American Earthquake of 1906
Reviewed By: Andy
Fabulous Science

Fabulous Science

Author: John Waller
Description: Fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery.
Reviewed By: Tam
The Gecko's Foot

The Gecko's Foot

Author: Peter Forbes
Description: How scientists are taking a leaf from nature's book - new technology inspired by nature.
Reviewed By: Spinney

The Worst Journey in the World / The Log from the Sea of Cortez

Author: Apsley Cherry-Garrard / Steinbeck/Ricketts
Description: Two books, two classic field trips.
Reviewed By: Tam
What Does a Martian Look Like?

What Does a Martian Look Like?

Author: Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart
Description: Xenobiology and much more.
Reviewed By: Tam
Complexity

Complexity

Author: M. Mitchell Wardrop
Description: The early years of the Santa Fe Institute and its groundbreaking studies of life, emergent phenomena, artificial life and economics.
Reviewed By: Andy
Moondust

Moondust

Author: Andrew Smith
Description: Conversations with the nine surviving men who walked on the surface of the Moon.
Reviewed By: Andy
Chloroform:  The Quest for Oblivion

Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion

Author: Linda Stratmann
Description: Account of the anaesthetic vapour.
Reviewed By: tam
The Man Who Changed Everything

The Man Who Changed Everything

Author: Basil Mahon
Description: The life of James Clerk Maxwell.
Reviewed By: Spinney
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology

Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology

Author: K. Eric Drexler
Description: An examination of nanotechnology and its potential to completely transform the world.
Reviewed By: Andy
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

Author: Donald R. Prothero
Description: A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the fossil evidence for evolution.
Reviewed By: AnneRNW
The Molecule Hunt

The Molecule Hunt

Author: Martin Jones
Description: An account of the use of molecular biology techniques in archaeology.
Reviewed By: Tam
Life at the Extremes - The Science of Survival

Life at the Extremes - The Science of Survival

Author: Frances Ashcroft
Description: A very readable account of how humans and other anmals survive (or not!) in extremes of temperature and pressure.
Reviewed By: Spinney
The Shocking History of Phosphorus:  A Biography of the Devil's Element

The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil's Element

Author: John Emsley
Description: Popular scientific account of the element.
Reviewed By: tam
Prisons of Light - Black Holes

Prisons of Light - Black Holes

Author: Kitty Ferguson
Description: A non-mathematical description of black holes, their physics and current theories about them. All you wanted to know about black holes, written for the layperson.
Reviewed By: Andy

Industrial Archaeology

Author: Arthur Raistrick
Description: A survey of the industrial history of the British Isles.
Reviewed By: Tam
The Plague Race

The Plague Race

Author: Edward Marriott
Description: An account of the identification of the cause of bubonic plague
Reviewed By: Tam
In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Author: John Gribbin
Description: A controversial idea - is the Universe alive?
Reviewed By: AnneRNW
 
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